If you’re going catch the 2014 C7 Corvette in action, it’s somehow much more satisfying when it happens at a high-speed test track versus, say, catching a hungry engineer parked at fast food drive-thru. Our spy photographers have snapped images on the next-generation Corvette roaring its way around GM’s Proving Grounds in Michigan.
Apparently the sound of the engine was very impressive as it blasted past. Like other test mules, the camouflage is pretty intensive on this prototype. Yet the overall shape is coming into focus, along with details regarding the design of the front and rear fasciae.
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 All in the Pipes It’s not often we start at the rear of the car. Then again, not many cars have an exhaust like the massive quad-pipe setup seen on this C7 Corvette test car.
They’re centrally located and look as though they could double as storm pipes for the Chesapeake Bay – no wonder this bad boy is said to have made an almighty growl. Rumors suggest that Chevrolet will downsize the Corvette’s V-8 engine from its current 6.2-liter capacity, or perhaps even offer a turbocharged V-6. That day might be coming, but this exhaust system spells out nothing but old-fashioned, tire-smoking V-8 fun under the hood of the next Vette.
The V-8 might be smaller than before, though you can bet that power will take a sizeable jump from the current base Corvette’s 430-bhp engine.
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If you’re going catch the 2014 C7 Corvette in action, it’s somehow much more satisfying when it happens at a high-speed test track versus, say, catching a hungry engineer parked at fast food drive-thru.Our spy photographers have snapped images on the next-generation Corvette |
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